Member Since 1985
Carl B. Agee
Director Institute of Meteoritics/Professor Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico Main Campus
Carl Agee is Director of the Institute of Meteoritics and Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. His research interests include meteoritics, origin and evolution of the terrestrial planets and other solar system bodies, and high-pressure experimental petrology.
Professional Experience
University of New Mexico Main Campus
Director Institute of Meteoritics/Professor Earth and Planetary Sciences
2002 - Present
NASA Johnson Space Center
Director, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Office
1998 - 2002
Harvard University
Assistant/Associate Professor
1990 - 1998
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Education
Columbia University
Doctorate
1988
University of California Berkeley
Bachelors
1984
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2024
Publications
Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Afric...
October 18, 2016
Inventory of H2O in the ancient Martian regolith from Northw...
December 04, 2014
Multi-technique equation of state for Fe2SiO4 melt and the d...
October 12, 2012
AGU Abstracts
High pressure-temperature phase equilibrium studies on Martian basalts: Implications for the failure of plate tectonics on Mars
ADVANCES IN MANTLE CONVECTION AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION III POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 15 december 2022
Wen-Yi Zhou, Peter Olson, Charles K. Shearer, Carl...
Mars lacks ongoing tectonic activities such as volcanism and mountain-building processes. Modern plate tectonic movements on the Earths surface are dr...
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MSR Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2): Rationale and Proposed Design for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science Program
MARS SAMPLE RETURN: CHALLENGES AND ADVANCES IN PLANNING FOR THE FIRST SAMPLES FROM ANOTHER PLANET I POSTER
planetary sciences | 13 december 2021
Tim Haltigin, Ernst Hauber, Carl B. Agee, Henner B...
The Mars Sample Return (MSR) Campaign represents one of the most ambitious scientific endeavors ever undertaken. Planned as an international endeavor,...
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MSR Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2): Planning for the curation of MSR samples in a Sample Receiving Facility
MARS SAMPLE RETURN: CHALLENGES AND ADVANCES IN PLANNING FOR THE FIRST SAMPLES FROM ANOTHER PLANET I POSTER
planetary sciences | 13 december 2021
Kim Tait, Francis M. McCubbin, Caroline L. Smith, ...
All material that is collected from Mars (gases, dust, rock, regolith) will need to be carefully handled, stored, and analyzed following Earth return ...
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Volunteer Experience
2008 - 2009
President
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
1997 - 2000
Editor
Geophysical Research Letters
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